RosieRad:
JKR's stories are plausible within their canon. And they work precisely because those young witches and wizards share an awful lot in common with muggle teens, in terms of emotions, desires, development of maturity, etc.
Correct but why are they are also plausible to the young and not so young readers, because the readers 'join' in JKRs created reality, 'tis' escapism, many readers on LSF read stories here as escapism, don't they?........oops its just me then.
What is reality anyway, who says what is and what is not real?
I settle for it being real if i want it to be, it saves overworking my grey cells, can't afford to wear them out.
I actually tried that reality nonsense once, worse damned 5 minutes of my life, never again i say, never again.